Deadline: 31 May 2020
The European Commission has announced a call for proposals to encourage and support citizen engagement in cohesion policy for better implementation and a stronger sense of ownership of its results among citizens.
The specific objective is to support projects that provide citizens/civil society organisations (CSOs) efficient means to actively participate in the design and/or implementation and/or monitoring of cohesion policy. The selected projects will promote active participation of citizens at the level of an operational programme, of a policy objective covered by the programme and/or of a specific objective.The selection will be done based on the quality of the proposal and planned activities.
Priorities
Priority will be given to project proposals that will:
- Develop new tools or actions that support citizen engagement in cohesion policy; and/or
- Support scaling up of existing tools or activities for strengthening and widening citizen engagement in cohesion policy.
Funding Information
- The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects under this call for proposals is estimated at EUR 250 000.
- The maximum grant will be EUR 25 000.
- The Commission expects to fund 10 proposals.
- The Commission reserves the right not to distribute all the funds available.
Duration
The maximum duration of projects is 12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals may be submitted by non-profit organisation (private or public).
- Natural persons are not eligible.
- For UK applicants: Please be aware that following the entry into force of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement on 1 February 2020 and in particular Articles 127(6), 137 and 138, the references to natural or legal persons residing or established in a Member State of the European Union are to be understood as including natural or legal persons residing or established in the United Kingdom. UK residents and entities are therefore eligible to participate under this call.
- Only applications from legal entities established in the following countries are eligible:
- EU Member States.
Supporting Documents
In order to assess the applicants’ eligibility, the following supporting documents are requested:
- Private entity: extract from the official journal, copy of articles of association, extract of trade or association register, certificate of liability to VAT (if, as in certain countries, the trade register number and VAT number are identical, only one of these documents is required);
- Public entity: copy of the resolution, decision or other official document establishing the public-law entity ;
Eligible Activities
The following types of activities are eligible under this call for proposals:
- Actions aiming at the creation and/or improvement of new tools or actions to support citizen engagement in cohesion policy.
For more information, visit https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/newsroom/funding-opportunities/calls-for-proposal/